Rehabbing All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman (torn ACL) should be available for both games against the Seahawks. (AP)

The release of the 49ers’ 2014 schedule gave rehabbing All-Pro inside linebacker NaVorro Bowman a reason to be thankful.

Starting with a prime-time Thanksgiving matchup at Levi’s Stadium on Nov. 27, the 49ers will face the Seahawks twice in a late-season span of 17 days. That scheduling oddity means Bowman, who tore his ACL in last season’s NFC Championship Game at Seattle and could miss half the regular season, figures to be available for both meetings against the defending Super Bowl champions.

There was some speculation the 49ers would open the season on the road against their bitter NFC West rival for the league’s kickoff game on Sept. 4. Instead, the 49ers will open against the team that used to be their biggest rival: They will visit the Cowboys, who they’ve played in six conference title games, in Week 1.

Other notable games on the 49ers’schedule include a Sunday night game against the Bears to open Levi’s Stadium on Sept. 14; a home date against the Chiefs and former 49ers quarterback Alex Smith on Oct. 5 and a Sunday night game at the defending AFC champion Broncos on Oct. 19.

The 49ers will have to back-to-back road games at far-away locales – at New Orleans (Nov. 9) and at the New York Giants (Nov. 16). In 2011 and 2012, the spent a week practicing in Youngstown, Ohio, the hometown of owner Jed York, when they faced a similar stretch on the road.

After their game in New York, however, they won’t leave the West Coast for the rest of the regular season: They finish with four home games and visits to Oakland and Seattle.

The 49ers will have at least four prime-time games, bring their total to 15 since 2012. They played 16 prime-time games from 2004-11.